Is digital different? : How information creation, capture, preservation and discovery are being transformed

Summary

This landmark edited collection brings together global experts on the impact of new technology on information services. Covering a range of key topics around discovery and preservation, this book explores the role of information professionals in a rapidly changing digital landscape that is challenging the very existence of the traditional library. Focusing on the issues surrounding the transition from an analoge to a digital environment, contributors examine whether analog practices and procedures are still valid and if they shape or distort those in the digital realm.